महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-4, verse-5

ततः स्वयंवरे तस्मिन्संप्रवृत्ते महोत्सवे ।
समापेतुर्नृपतयः कन्यार्थे नृपसत्तम ॥५॥

5. tataḥ svayaṁvare tasminsaṁpravṛtte mahotsave ,
samāpeturnṛpatayaḥ kanyārthe nṛpasattama.

5. tataḥ svayaṁvare tasmin saṁpravṛtte mahotsave
samāpetuḥ nṛpatayaḥ kanyārthe nṛpasattama

5. nṛpasattama tataḥ tasmin mahotsave saṁpravṛtte
svayaṁvare kanyārthe nṛpatayaḥ samāpetuḥ

5. Then, when that svayaṁvara, a great festival, had commenced, O best of kings (nṛpasattama), rulers assembled for the sake of the maiden.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• स्वयंवरे (svayaṁvare) - in a self-choice marriage ceremony

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that svayaṁvara (in that)

• संप्रवृत्ते (saṁpravṛtte) - when the svayaṁvara had commenced (having commenced, having begun, being in progress)

• महोत्सवे (mahotsave) - in the great festival, in the great celebration

• समापेतुः (samāpetuḥ) - they flew/fell together, they assembled, they approached

• नृपतयः (nṛpatayaḥ) - kings, rulers

• कन्यार्थे (kanyārthe) - for the sake of the maiden, concerning a maiden

• नृपसत्तम (nṛpasattama) - O best of kings, O most excellent among men

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

ablative of 'tad' used as an indeclinable

स्वयंवरे (svayaṁvare) - in a self-choice marriage ceremony

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svayaṁvara

svayaṁvara - self-choice (of a husband by a princess), a ceremony for such a choice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svayam+vara)

• svayam – self, by oneself
  indeclinable
• vara – choice, choosing, bridegroom, boon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that svayaṁvara (in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संप्रवृत्ते (saṁpravṛtte) - when the svayaṁvara had commenced (having commenced, having begun, being in progress)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṁpravṛtta

saṁpravṛtta - commenced, started, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛt with sam-pra prefixes

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

महोत्सवे (mahotsave) - in the great festival, in the great celebration

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahotsava

mahotsava - great festival, grand celebration

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+utsava)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• utsava – festival, celebration, joy
  noun (masculine)
  from ut-su (to press out, raise)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: su (class 5)

समापेतुः (samāpetuḥ) - they flew/fell together, they assembled, they approached

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect 3rd plural

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: pat (class 1)

नृपतयः (nṛpatayaḥ) - kings, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, ruler, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, men
  noun (masculine)
  short form of nṛ
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

कन्यार्थे (kanyārthe) - for the sake of the maiden, concerning a maiden

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kanyā+artha)

• kanyā – maiden, daughter, girl
  noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially here

नृपसत्तम (nṛpasattama) - O best of kings, O most excellent among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpasattama

nṛpasattama - best of kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛpa+sattama)

• nṛpa – king, protector of men
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective
  superlative suffix -tama